Has anyone else noticed that when driving - there are fewer bug splatters to removed from our windshields than there were 20-30-40-50 years ago. Must be something about billions upon trillions of vehicle miles yearly is either 'thinning the herd' or smartening up bugs to fly clear of roadways.

Recall from my honeymoon to Daytona Beach, back when, driving across I-10 in North Florida the windshield would get covered by 'love bugs' within about 10 miles - only a passing T'Storm of Florida frog drowner proportions for about 5 minutes would clean them off so you could see to continue. Once I lived in Florida and traversed the same roads, during the same season - hardly a 'love bug' to be splattered on the windshield.

Hmmm, I can't say as I have taken notice of this phenomenon, so when I dwelled on it awhile, I find myself thinking-yeah, maybe there is something to that! Then again, it's been a good numbe rof years since any truly long (more than 2 days at least) drives for me, and that may be the best 'barometer' for such a thing; with the season certainly being a governing factor in the results.

I use Rain-X on my windshield - which, at highway speeds beads rain drops into such small droplets that they are blown off the glass and you can see in even the heaviest spray off of 18 wheelers that you are trying to pass.

I hate it when I have freshly applied Rain-X and drive during the twilight hours when the bug population is out and about for dinner and to 'get it on' and I interupt by splating them on the windshield - as long as it is dry, they are just a bug on the windshield - once it rains, you can see how thier body fluids drained across the windshield. Except for heavy weight bugs, turning the wipers on during rain will remove the entrails.

Hey....You got any Rain-X that will get rid of that stupid bug on your signature.......

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"Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are part of nature and therefore part of the mystery that we are trying to solve." - Max Planck

"I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from consciousness. We cannot get behind consciousness. Everything that we talk about, everything that we regard as existing, postulates consciousness." - Max Planck

“Alice laughed. “There’s no use trying,” she said: “one can’t believe impossible things.” “I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” —Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass” ― Bruce Rosenblum, Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness

"Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are part of nature and therefore part of the mystery that we are trying to solve." - Max Planck

"I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from consciousness. We cannot get behind consciousness. Everything that we talk about, everything that we regard as existing, postulates consciousness." - Max Planck

“Alice laughed. “There’s no use trying,” she said: “one can’t believe impossible things.” “I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” —Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass” ― Bruce Rosenblum, Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness

Yeah, but their 'bugs' are not visible, nor as annoying as yours is......

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"Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are part of nature and therefore part of the mystery that we are trying to solve." - Max Planck

"I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from consciousness. We cannot get behind consciousness. Everything that we talk about, everything that we regard as existing, postulates consciousness." - Max Planck

“Alice laughed. “There’s no use trying,” she said: “one can’t believe impossible things.” “I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” —Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass” ― Bruce Rosenblum, Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness